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54 litre/15 gallon let's gogogo!

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Okay so just recently i discovered that i had an old 15 gallon tank standing in my basement so i decided to get it out of there and use it instead letting it catch dust, i quickly took the dust off it but it still needs a good scrub.

It's 60 x 30 x 30 in cm's that's 23 x 11 x 11 in inches?

Whilst i was dragging this thing upstairs i realized that it didn't come with a hood at the time so i might have to produce one myself and money's a bit tight atm due to paying bills and fines and stuff so i won't be stocking it soon, but i will try to get a filter and heater ASAP so i can start cycling this thing and producing a home made hood won't be much of a problem either.
Since it's a small tank i would like to hear some suggestions about what i should put in it and here's some of the things i would like and some of the things i don't like.

Likes;
-Dwarf cichlids.
-Dwarf cories.
-Something small at the top level i guess?

Dislikes;
-Gouramies.
-Bettas.

I really don't want to have any gouramies since i got some bad experiences with them and i find the bettas to be too mainstream and often bred poorly, atleast at my LFS and really i don't understand why they're so popular.
I really like South and middle America but i can go African or Asian if the tank size lets me, something new sounds fun to me.

So please advice me some good fish that you want to see in my tank and i'll try to set it up for you guys.

planting that tank shouldnt be too hard, personaly i would just plant it and go with some rasboras. maybe a single GBR? a pair could possibly work in that tank, tho you need to keep the tank conditions super good, and make sure there plenty of hiding spots.

basically what i am saying is, if you can heavily plant it and give 3 or so caves. if you get the pair tho make sure you have plans for fry.... i think the single ram and rasboras with live plants would look superb

btw 60x30x30 cm = 24x12x12 inches.... give or take

Last edited by genocidex; 07-12-2013 at 01:11 PM.

KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?gotta love them bunnies! I.R.S.: We've got what it takes to take what you've got!

Alright forget what i said about bettas, might aswell give them a go i mean i didn't like neon tetras at first but i ended up having 20 of them.
What could i keep with the betta, i already got 5 harlequin rasboras which i could add with the betta is this possible?
Don't want to overstock the tank.

Alright so i could do a betta and the harlequins but not so sure about the cories because i was planning to keep it Asia based so i was thinking maybe some small loaches or gobies though i read alot of loaches need fast flowing water?